7 new favorite pizzas to try in Los Angeles

CHECK OUT VIRAL PIES IN HOLLYWOOD AND PERFECT CRUSTS IN HERMOSA BEACH

- JENN HARRIS

FIORELLI PIZZA

JENN HARRIS Los Angeles Times

THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATING when it comes to styles of pizza. No picking a favorite from the panoply of sauce, cheese and crust. I see your cheese lace-edged Detroit-style square and I raise you a puffy, leopard-spotted Neapolitan pie. A slice of New York-style pizza can be a dependable friend. Then there are the superlative pies at Pizzeria Bianco, and the singular pizzas from Pizzeria Mozza. Are the pies with toppings that shift with the seasons any better than the pizzas blanketed in pepperoni cups destined for late-night munchies? It really depends on your mood. And in Los Angeles, we have them all. Below are my favorite new places for a slice or whole pie, with a pizza for every occasion and persuasion.

Fiorelli Pizza

Michael Fiorelli's pizza could be categorized as a cross between New York and Neapolitan, based on his dough hydration levels, and the temperature of his oven.

"If you showed a pizzaiolo what I was doing, they would say it's all wrong," says Fiorelli. "Wrong flour, wrong temp. But we do it that way because we like the way it tastes."